Since its inception in 2004, MAC Georgia has been working to improve the lives of people with disabilities and marginalized ...

Georgia requires proof of intellectual disability beyond a reasonable doubt, making it the only state with such a high burden of proof. H.B. 123 would lower the standard to a preponderance of ...

A Georgia federal court denied Navicent Health Inc.’s motion to dismiss a police officer’s disparate treatment and failure to accommodate claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Willis v.

Haley Dahl, who has autism, was placed at Kennesaw Floral through the Tommy Nobis Center, a Georgia-based nonprofit that ...

Georgia Set to Ease Strict Rules for Proving Intellectual Disability in Death Penalty Cases ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia makes it harder than any other state for an individual to prove they are ...

Georgian human rights organizations, individual activists, and organizations of persons with disabilities are addressing the ...

Millions of healthcare dollars could be at risk in Georgia as congressional Republicans continue to weigh cuts to Medicaid.

Georgia is currently the only state that requires intellectual disability be proved "beyond a reasonable doubt" to waive the ...

Defendants who are found to have an intellectual disability would be exempt from the death penalty and receive alternative sentences. In multiple cases in Georgia, lawyers have unsuccessfully ...

House Bill 123 lowers the burden of proof for intellectual disability claims in capital cases from "beyond a reasonable doubt" to "a preponderance of the evidence," aligning Georgia with other states.